Lessons To Learn

I feel like I am knocking on wood here, but I had another tummyache-less day today.  On Saturday, I looked several months pregnant.  This morning:

It’s either an amazing coincidence, a major placebo effect…. or I am sensitive to gluten!  I don’t know if I have Celiac or not, but I am becoming more confident that I am sensitive to gluten.

Feeling in tip top shape, I went on a tough, very hilly 8 mile run.  It doesn’t matter how tough it is though…as soon as I’m done, I feel great!

Before heading to my Biology lab, I hit yet another farmer’s market.

This was a great farmers market.  So far, Belmont and Arlington have had the most impressive markets, in terms of layout and the produce and products available.  It is really tough not to over-buy all of these beautiful fruits and vegetables.  (Remember, I am the main veggie-eater in my house!)  Today I wasn’t going to buy anything.  But I am still 2 days away from my annual apple-picking day, and I was having a major apple craving!  I bought a single apple.  It was so huge, I had to take a picture to document it!  The cottage cheese container is in the picture to offer a size comparison:

That is a serious apple!  It sat in my bag throughout my lab, taunting me.  I fought the temptation by snacking on another Lara Bar flavor.

Cashew cookie is right up there with peanut butter and jelly for me.  The nuts were finely chopped and taste was great!  I will take a break from Lara Bars this weekend, but they are a great portable snack when I have class.  I got there extra early today to prepare for the lab in the empty classroom.

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When I got home, I enjoyed half of my ginormous apple, and cut up the other half to add to my salad.   My salad tonight included, farmers market carrots, 3 different kinds of farmers market tomatoes, farmers market  lettuce, and a big scoop of Cabot fat free cottage cheese.  On the side, were last night’s forgotten butternut squash fries.  I managed to remember to put them in the oven tonight….I just forgot to take them out.  Ooops!  There were a few casualties, but most were salvageable.

This salad was great!  I love all of the different tomatoes to choose from at the farmers markets.  This salad had red, yellow, and green tomato in it.  And the apple added a wonderful sweetness.  No dressing was necessary, which is good because all of the dressings I have right now have gluten in them.

Some dressings I like, but more often than not, I like to use salsa, hummus, or cottage cheese as a dressing because they add to the nutrient value of the salad.  Cabot is my favorite cottage cheese.  The texture is a little different, a little firmer than more watery cottage cheeses.  It made for a protein-packed, tasty salad!

I am excited to watch Flash Forward tonight.  I am a huge LOST fan, so I am excited to see what the creators of LOST do with this new show.

Until tomorrow….